Hard to say. Bruce Perens is both smart and dedicated, so I'd say that's a good sign. And I did note a call for submissions. I guess time will tell how well it's received, and whether they get enough writers. Given the success of Makezine, I think there's potential, though I guess they're shooting for a more narrow niche.

... it is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could somedayfacilitate a police state. -- Bruce Schneier

However... did anyone else check out the link to the high-performance software-defined radio? The article said to follow the link (http://hpsdr.org/) for designs and parts kits, but instead you'll find a bit of Open Source....uh... dirty laundry?

I suspect they wanted to post the link to the Open HPSDR project instead.